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'''Kyrsten Lea Sinema''' (born July 12, 1976) is a [[left-wing]] [[progressive]] senator from the state of [[Arizona]] and a former member of the U.S. [[House of Representatives]]. She is the first openly [[bisexual]] member of Congress; unsurprisingly, she has an extremely [[liberal]] voting record. However, she did vote against a leftist attempt to include a federal [[minimum wage]] hike to $15/hr within a [[COVID-19]] [[stimulus package|relief package]] in 2021,<ref>https://www.businessinsider.com/video-sen-kyrsten-sinemas-dramatic-thumbs-down-vote-against-15-minimum-wage-2021-3</ref> using a dramatic "thumbs-down"<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNo_U7PTGzk</ref> to imitate [[John McCain]]'s vote in 2017 against repealing and replacing [[Obamacare]].<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWeayFHsH90</ref> She received praise from some conservatives,<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wv30m75U18</ref> but predictable leftist outrage.<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/03/leftists-outraged-democrat-senator-kyrsten-sinemas-enthusiastic-thumbs-vote-15-minimum-wage-hike-video/</ref> She very narrowly defeated her opponent in the general election in November 2012,<ref>[https://ballotpedia.org/Arizona%27s_9th_Congressional_District_elections,_2012 Arizona's 9th Congressional District elections, 2012]</ref> and again in 2018.<ref>[https://ballotpedia.org/United_States_Senate_election_in_Arizona,_2018 United States Senate election in Arizona, 2018]</ref>
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